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" It wasn't the greatest script in the world, but not many people can say they've played a wicked king in a swashbuckling Arthurian special-effects monster movie. "
David Thewlis
World
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" Publishing a novel was such a proud thing for me. When I was a kid, I used to say to my mum and dad, 'I'm going to write a book. You'll see.' So when I did ,and it was published, and people liked it, it was great. "
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" We didn't need the Internet for Nazi Germany to happen. But I feel like there's this lack of humanity because of it. "
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" 'Naked' kind of kicked me off into the film world. It just so happens that all of the things that I have been offered have been films, and I've enjoyed the travel that goes along with that. "
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" I adore children. If I weren't an actor, I would be a teacher or work with small children in some way. I feel happy in their company. "
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" I had such a nice time making it, and I can't wait to make the fifth one. The whole crew were just really, really lovely. All the costume people, the make-up girls, the kids - even my driver. "
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" I love being a dad. "
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" I am the sort of guy who does go to modern art shows. "
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" I keep myself content by doing lots of different stuff and make sure that my next role is completely different to the last. I just enjoy the versatility of it, the challenge of doing lots of different things. It keeps the job interesting. "
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" I used to write out of angst. My writing was quite miserable, quite angry, even when it was funny. It was based on this sadness and tired emotional disdain for the world. "
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" I like time off. I'm not a workaholic. "
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" Well I am afraid that I am going to die, because I have just put a down payment on a house. "
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" I'd only read a bit of the first book. And I just knew about all the media furor over it. But I'd not read books 2 or 3. I'd just read a bit of it. And I'd seen the films. "
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" The oddest things happen to me. It goes in seasons. Nothing will happen for a long time, and I miss it, and I remember how these strange coincidences used to happen to me and how amazing it was, how it made me want to believe in something. A year will go by, and then a slew of them will come along, like buses, one after another. "
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" I would consider myself one of the least misogynistic men in the country - if anything, just the opposite. "
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" People sometimes say, 'Why do you choose a part?' and sometimes it's not that I chose it but that that was the one that came along. "
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" I can remember, after I started doing films, my mum began going to more arthouse films. She went to see 'Edward Scissorhands' and phoned me up and said: 'What was that all about? He had scissors on his hands.' Good question. I think she should review films on Channel 4. "
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" I'm often cast as religious figures, good and bad, such as 'Kingdom Of Heaven.' "
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" I got hooked to American news like a great TV season. It plays like fiction. I would come home from work, and I would put it on, and I would stay up until 2 in the morning watching it and get up in the morning and watch it. "
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" For years, I've been mistaken for Rhys Ifans. All the time. People come up and say, 'Notting Hill?' I nearly got beaten up once for not being Rhys. "
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